18 February 2013, 180213, AFL, athletics, basketball, Cricket, cycling, NRL, performance enhancing drugs, soccer, tennis
Q. How much of a problem do you think taking performance enhancing drugs is in these sports?
|
A major problem |
A moderate problem |
A minor problem |
Not a problem at all |
Don’t know |
|
| AFL football |
39% |
23% |
18% |
5% |
16% |
| NRL rugby league |
37% |
26% |
16% |
4% |
18% |
| Cricket |
16% |
9% |
26% |
25% |
23% |
| Tennis |
18% |
12% |
24% |
22% |
24% |
| Soccer |
22% |
19% |
23% |
10% |
26% |
| Basketball |
18% |
18% |
22% |
14% |
30% |
| Cycling |
56% |
20% |
8% |
3% |
14% |
| Athletics |
41% |
26% |
11% |
4% |
17% |
56% of respondents think taking performance enhancing drugs is a major problem in cycling, 41% think it is a major problem in athletics, 39% in AFL football and 37% in NRL rugby league.
38% of AFL football followers think it is a major problem in their sport and 26% of NRL followers think it is a major problem in their sport. 40% of AFL followers think it is a major problem in NRL.
46% of Victorian respondents think performance enhancing drugs is a major problem in the AFL.
18 February 2013, 180213, performance enhancing drugs, supporter reaction
Q. If players in a sporting team you supported were found to have taken performance enhancing drugs would you –
|
Total |
AFL |
NRL |
Cricket |
Soccer |
Basket |
|
| Attend fewer games |
27% |
26% |
25% |
33% |
24% |
28% |
| Stop attending games altogether |
19% |
16% |
20% |
23% |
20% |
21% |
| Watch fewer games on TV |
28% |
23% |
27% |
34% |
23% |
33% |
| Stop watching games on TV altogether |
15% |
9% |
16% |
18% |
17% |
26% |
| Change my support to another team |
18% |
7% |
18% |
19% |
22% |
23% |
26% of AFL followers said if players in their team were found to have taken performance enhancing drugs they would attend fewer games and 23% said they would watch fewer games on TV. However, only 9% said they would stop watching games on TV altogether and only 7% said they would change their support to another team.
NRL (18%) and soccer (22%) followers were more likely to change their support to another team.
18 February 2013, 180213, approval of actions, ban sports betting, performance enhancing drugs, sports integrity commission
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of the following actions –
|
Total approve |
Total disapprove |
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Disapprove |
Strongly disapprove |
Don’t know |
|
| Ban sports betting |
52% |
30% |
27% |
25% |
24% |
6% |
17% |
| Setting up a sports integrity commission with strong powers |
76% |
7% |
40% |
36% |
6% |
1% |
17% |
| Ban teams whose players have been found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs |
54% |
28% |
28% |
26% |
21% |
7% |
18% |
| Accept that prohibition won’t work and allow approved performance enhancing drugs in sport |
12% |
71% |
5% |
7% |
19% |
52% |
16% |
76% approve setting up a sports integrity commission with strong powers. 82% of AFL followers and 78% of NRL followers approved.
54% approve banning teams whose players have been found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs – including 49% of AFL followers and 50% of NRL followers.
52% approve of banning sports betting – including 52% of AFL followers and 47% of NRL followers. Those most in favour of banning sports betting were followers of cricket (57%) and tennis (63%).
Only 12% believed we should accept that prohibition won’t work and allow approved performance enhancing drugs in sport. This was strongly rejected by all sports followers – 65% of AFL followers and 71% of NRL followers disapproved.